KAUSTUBH MOKASHI

Passion Projects

Ideas I Keep Building

These are self-initiated products I design and ship with Codex, push to GitHub, and host on Render. They are where curiosity turns into working software with real users.

Open Source Trail

Most of the projects you see here are hosted on my GitHub. If you want to see the code, commit history, and experiments behind them, you can browse the full repository list there.

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B2C Astrology Platform

The Aspect

The Aspect is an astrology product that turns birth date, birth time, and location into a richly written reading. It blends chart generation with a more conversational layer, so people can continue asking questions instead of stopping at a static report.

I shaped it as a self-initiated web product with a more editorial visual language, and shipped it live on Render as an experiment in turning spiritual tooling into a more designed, immersive product experience.

Astrology Birth Chart Conversational AI Render Hosted Codex Built

Editorial Astrology

Birth chart readings, forecast layers, and follow-up questions in one living product.

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Context Self-initiated passion project
Platform Web
Status Live on Render
Role Product design and build direction
Shipped With Codex, Render, server-side AI proxying

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Google Workspace Extension

Document Merge

Document Merge is a Google Workspace extension that reads data from Google Sheets, maps it to a Docs or Slides template, generates a PDF for every submitted row, and sends that PDF to the right email address automatically.

I built it as a workflow product for people who repeatedly generate structured files from form responses. Instead of manual copy-paste or brittle scripts, the product gives them a setup flow for templates, tag mapping, triggers, storage, and delivery.

Google Sheets Docs Templates PDF Automation Email Workflows Codex Built

Template to PDF Automation

Connect a response sheet, load tags, map fields, and let the workflow generate and send.

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Context Self-initiated workflow tool
Platform Google Workspace
Status Code available on GitHub
Role Product design and automation UX
Shipped With Codex, Apps Script, Sheets, Docs, Slides

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Chrome Extension + Web Editor

HTML Builder

HTML Builder is a visual HTML and CSS editor paired with a Chrome extension. It can pull public pages in through a URL, or capture logged-in pages through the extension so they become editable inside a proper visual editor.

The product came from a very practical need: editing real interfaces that are hard to inspect through normal URL-based tools. The extension plus editor pairing makes it easier to rework downloaded pages, imported projects, or authenticated screens in one workflow.

Chrome Extension Visual Editor Logged-in Pages Import by URL Codex Built

Capture, Edit, Export

A three-pane editor with a visual canvas, source code view, and property inspector.

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Context Self-initiated builder tool
Platform Chrome extension + Web app
Status Code available on GitHub
Role Product design, interaction design, build direction
Shipped With Codex, Chrome extension APIs, local server

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Utility Web App

PocketEncode

PocketEncode is a browser-based utility for converting common video formats to MP4 while still giving control over output size. It wraps the process in a guided flow for upload, compression setup, conversion, and download.

I made it because there was no free tool that handled my exact need cleanly: convert almost anything into MP4 and still let me tune the weight of the output instead of accepting a black-box result.

Video Conversion MP4 Compression Controls Browser-based Codex Built

Upload to Download

A four-step utility flow with local FFmpeg conversion and tunable compression settings.

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Context Self-initiated utility product
Platform Web
Status Code available on GitHub
Role Product design and build direction
Shipped With Codex, FFmpeg, browser-side processing